Check-writing machine



July 19, 1932. w LULAND CHECK WRITING MACHINE 5 Filed Jan. 29, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l k) WWI/126mm.

July 19,1932. L N 1,868,015

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC NE Patented July 19, 1932 UNITED STATES PATE WEBSTER 1r. L'ULAND, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AssIGNon ,TO nEFiANoE MA1\TU- FACTUBING CORPORATION, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF N W YORK CHECK-WRITING MACHINE Application filed January/29, 1930. Serial No. 424,364.; I 5

the shaft 6 and which is viewed through a This invention relates to improvements in machines used for printing numerical amounts and particularly to machines of the kind known as check-writing or checkprinting machines, by which the amounts are filled in on bank checks, vouchers, etc.

The object of the invention is to provide that, by the simple manipulation of a single control key, the capacity of the machine may be increased to double the original capacity; said control key being so placed that the operator may operate the same, in the course of setting a value in the type drums, without removing his hands from the set up wheels.

In the accompanying drawings r Figure l is a partly sectional plan view of a machine embodying the invention, with the circular members shown in full, and showing the one-hundred dollar key depressed.

Fig. 2 is a left-hand perspective view of the invention taken from the rear of the machine and showing the type drums operated by the control key members, the star key being in depressed position.

The illustrated machine is adapted to fill in the amount of a check, voucher, or other form, not only by figures, but also by words. Accordingly, it is normally provided with four type carries 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the form of drums or wheels, the wheel 1 bearing type expressive of whole numbers, up to ninety-nine, in words; the wheel 2 having corresponding numbers in figures; the wheel 3 bearing the word Dollars and various fractions of a dollar from 00/100 to 99/100, in figures, and the wheel 4 having the corresponding amounts in figures expressed decimally. Thus, 1' or example, the machine is arranged to print a check in the following form: Ninetytwo and 32/100 Dollars $92.32.

It is, accordingly, necessary that the wheels 1 and 2 be rotated always in unison in setting the machine for any required amount, while the wheels 3 and 4 must also be rotated in unison, but independently of the wheels 1 and 2. The movements of the wheels 1 and 2 are controlled by a manually rotatable member 5, fixed on the left-hand end of the shaft 6, the position of the wheels being indicated by a graduated index wheel 7 which turns with member 8 fixed to the casing and formed with a sight-opening. The wheels'land 2 and the gear 9 are keyed directly to the shaft 6 so as to turn therewith, gear 9 having teeth engaging with a ratchet memberlnotshow'n) thereby locating the type wheels 1 and2 in exact printing position. l I

The wheels 3 and 4 are loosely mounted on the shaft 6 and are adapted to'be rotated in unison by the manually rotatable member 10, mounted on the extended hub 20 of gear member 11, said gear member'being loosely mounted on shaft 6' and having engagement with a pinion 12 fixed on a counter shaft-13 journaled in the casing of the machine by eccentric bearings 14 and 15. I This counter shaft carries the pinions 16 and 17, the pinion 16 meshing with the annular series of gear teeth 18 on the type wheel 4 while the pinion 17 meshes with the series of teeth 19 provided on the type wheel 3. A ratchet (not shown) is also provided to engage the teeth 18 on the type wheel 4 to locate the type wheels 3 and 4 accurately. The position of the wheels is indicated by the graduated'inde'x wheel 21 fast upon the extended hub 22 of the type wheel 4 and viewed through the sight opening of member 8 fixed to the casing. v To the four type wheels abovedescribed have been added the two-position type wheels 23 and 24, the type wheel 23 printing'in one position the words One hundred, the One being preceded by a star; and in the'other position a row of stars. The type wheel 24 bears the type $1 in corresponding position to the one-hundred position of type wheel 23 and a in corresponding position to the stars on the type wheel 23. Type wheels 23 and 24 are loosely mounted on the shaft 6 and are adapted to be rotated in unison to either one of the two positions by means of the control keys 25 and 26, in the following manner When it is desired to print any amount of less than one hundred dollars, the operator in setting the values on the type wheels 1, 2, 3 and 4 by means of the set-up wheels 5 and 10, depresses the star key button 25 with the thumb of the left hand, without removing the hands from the set-up wheels. De-

NT OFFICE i pression of key 25 will rock lever 27 until latched by spring click 39 in the position shown in Fig. 2. Lever 27 is fast to, and has rocked in a counter-clockwise direction, a shaft 28, journaled in the casing of the machine at 29 and 30, and supporting the collars or sleeves 31 and 32, these collars being held in independently-adjusted position by means of set screws 33 and 34. The collar 31 is provided with an extended lug 35 engaging a bifurcation of member 36 fast to the type wheel 23 and the collar 32 is provided with a similar lug 37 engaging a bifurcation of member 38 fast to the type wheel 24.

The counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft 28 has therefore rotated in unison the type wheels 23 and 24: in a clockwise direction to bring the stars on wheel 23 and" the dollar sign on wheel 24 into printing position. All values,'therefore, of less than one hundred dollars are preceded by a row of stars in the word columnand by the dollar sign in the numerical column.

For adding one hundred dollars to the amount to be printed, it is but necessary for the operator to depress the one-hundred-dollar key button 26, instead of the star key button 25, whereupon lever 27 will rock shaft 28 in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 2, and lugs 35 and 37 through member '36 and 38 will rock the type wheels 23 and 24 in a counter-clockwise direction to bring the One hundred and the $1 type into the printing position shown in Fig. 1.

I claim:

In a check writing machine or the like, the combination with a plurality of ordinal typecarrying members, each bearingtype representing a double series of digits, from 00 to 99, and a hand wheel operatively connected with each member; of a type-carrying member located at the left of said first-named members and bearing type representing a single high order digit of the sum represented by said series, a two-position lever operatively connected with said last-named member, and two keys pivoted to said lever, the setting of one of which causes the raising of the other.

Signed at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, this 25th day of January A. D. 1930. p

I WEBSTER H. 'LULAND. 

